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CEBU. In this pre-pandemic photo, job seekers search for employment opportunities. (File)
+ February 23, 2021 A RECOMMENDATION to provide a 50-percent insurance subsidy for commercial hog raisers to encourage them to boost production is under study while a task force is set to be implement a strategy to address unemployment and stimulate the economy, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.
These are among the measures lined up by the government to address economic woes caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
Nograles said the insurance subsidy will be taken from the quick response fund of the Department of Agriculture (DA).